an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
three
שָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.Losh
H7969
three · noun, common both genders singular absolute
years
שָׁנִ֗יםsha.Nim
H8141
a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
forth
תּוֹצִיא֙to.Tzi'
H3318
to go (causatively · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
tithe
מַעְשַׂר֙ma'.Sar
H4643
a tenth · noun, common masculine singular construct
increase
תְּבוּאָ֣תְךָ֔te.vu.'A.te.kha
H8393
income · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
year
בַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.Nah
H8141
a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
up
יָנַחyânach
H3240
to deposit
gates
בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָbish.'a.Rei.kha
H8179
an opening · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
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Cross-references
Deuteronomy 14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
Deuteronomy 26:12-15 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto…
Amos 4:4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three year…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:22–end
We have here a part of the statute concerning tithes. The productions of the ground were twice tithed, so that, putting both together, a fifth part was devoted to God out of their increase, and only four parts of five were for their own common use; and they could not but own they paid an easy rent, especially since God's part was disposed of to their own benefit and advantage. The first tithe was for the maintenance of their Levites, who taught them the good knowledge of God, and ministered to them in holy things; this is supposed as anciently due, and is entailed upon the Levites as an inheritance, by that law, Num 18:24, etc. But it is the second tithe that is here spoken of, which was to…
At the end of three years . . . the Levite . . . shall come, &c.--The Levites having no inheritance like the other tribes, the Israelites were not to forget them, but honestly to tithe their increase [Num 18:24]. Besides the tenth of all the land produce, they had forty-eight cities, with the surrounding grounds [Num 35:7], "the best of the land," and a certain proportion of the sacrifices as their allotted perquisites. They had, therefore, if not an affluent, yet a comfortable and independent, fund for their support.
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John Gill on Deuteronomy 14:28
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year,.... This, according to Aben Ezra, was a third tithe, and did not excuse the second tithe; so says:"I gave the third tithe to the repair of the temple,'' (Tobit 1:7)as in one copy, but, according to another, to the stranger, fatherless, and widow, which better agrees with what follows; but the Jewish writers generally understand this as the same with the second tithe, which on the two first years from the sabbatical year was carried to Jerusalem, or money in lieu of it, with which provisions were bought and eaten there, but on the third year were eaten in their own cities with the poor, and in the…
After three years you will separate all the tithes of your fruits; in that year you will put this in your cities; and the Levite shall come, because he has no part nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are in your cities and shall eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works you do. It does not say that he eats with his own from this tithe. And that is why he commands that it be given to the Levites and the strangers, and to the orphans and the widows. But the subject is not clearly expressed, since this tithe is not distinguished from that which was ordered to be eaten with the Levites in the place that the Lord chose for his temple. In the translation made directly from Hebrew we find this expressed more clearly. The text says: In the third year you will separate another tithe from all the things that are born in that time, and you will put it inside your doors. And then the Levite, who has no other part or possession with you, and the stranger, and the orphan and the widow, who are inside your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless in all works of your hands that you make. In the first place, what is said at the beginning is clearer: In the third year. This means that there is an intermediate year between one and the other. On the other hand, in the Seventy, it is said: After three years. And for that, it is not known if they mean that there must be three intermediate years, so that will be done every five years. In addition, when the text says: And you will separate another tithe, it already shows clearly that it is not the tithe that should eat the same that offers it with theirs and with the Levites in the place that the Lord has chosen. With regard to this other tithe, it has been ordered to put it inside the doors themselves, and not to take it to that place where the Lord wanted to be invoked. It says: And the Levite will come, who has no other part or possession with you, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow, who are inside your gates and will eat it. From this it is clear that God did not want this tithe to be common, for the one who offers it and for those to whom it is given, but ordered that it be given only to those who did not have anything else, among whom is mentioned mainly the Levite After seven years you will…
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Dictionary and topics
Foreigner — A Gentile. Such as resided among the Hebrews were required by the law to be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33, 34; 23:22; Deut. 14:28; 16:10, 11; 24:19). They enjoyed in many things…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Poor — The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their…
Unclean Meats — These were things strangled, or dead of themselves or through beasts or birds of prey; whatever beast did not both part the hoof and chew the cud; and certain other smaller animals rated as “creeping…
Liberality · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Orphan · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Poor · DUTY TO — DUTY TO
Tithe · A second: To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity — A second: To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity
Widows · Laws respecting: To have a share of the triennial tithe — Laws respecting: To have a share of the triennial tithe
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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 14:23–end
Deuteronomy 14:23-26
23. And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
23. Et comedes coram Jehova Deo tuo in loco quem elegerit ut habitare faciat nomen suum ibi, decimam frumenti tui, vini tui, et olei tui, et primogenita boum tuorum, et pecudum tuarum: ut discas timere Jehovam Deum tuum omnibus diebus.
24. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name…
Every third year, on the other hand, they were to separate the whole of the tithe from the year's produce ("bring forth," sc., from the granary), and leaven it in their gates (i.e., their towns), and feed the Levites, the strangers, and the widows and orphans with it. They were not to take it to the sanctuary, therefore; but according to Deu 26:12., after bringing it out, were to make confession to the Lord of what they had done, and pray for His blessing. "At the end of three years:" i.e., when the third year, namely the civil year, which closed with the harvest (see at Exo 23:16), had come to an end. This regulation as to the time was founded upon the observance of the sabbatical year, as…
An annual tithe was required of all adult Israelite males as part of their festival observances (15:20; 16:16-17). The tithe every third year met the needs of the Levites and other dependent classes in Israelite society (14:29). See study note on Lev 27:30.
Rashi on Deuteronomy 14:28
מקצה שלש שנים AT THE END OF THREE YEARS [THOU SHALT BRING FORTH ALL THE TITHE OF THY INCREASE THE SAME YEAR] — Scripture hereby intends to teach you that if one has delayed to give his tithes of the first and the second year of the Sabbatical period, he has to remove them from his house in the third year.
